WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 15: Zach Werenski #8 of the Columbus Blue Jackets celebrates after the Blue Jackets won 5-4 in overtime against the Washington Capitals during Game Two of the Eastern Conference First Round during the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Capital One Arena on April 15, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)

They have a great goalie in Sergei Bobrovsky, and Artemi Panarin gives them the type of offensive weapon who can carry a team for a while, so they certainly look like a tough out against anyone.

Their 2-0 series lead can’t help but make one wonder if Columbus could be to the 2018 playoffs what Nashville was in 2017.

The Predators upset the Blackhawks (in no small part because Panarin was nearly nonexistent for Chicago) in the first round last season then went all the way to the finals, collecting adoring media stories about them and their fans along the way.

Like Nashville, Columbus is a relatively unknown hockey market since the CBJ have never won a playoff series and they don’t play in Detroit, Chicago or on a coast…

I thought they might when he started playing third base early last week, but I don’t really mind them not calling him up given what a disaster the major-league club is at the moment.

It stands to reason they are at least discussing firing Price, causing more upheaval in the short term, so leaving The Future (Part 1) in the minors to work out some kinks against a different level of competition than he has previously faced is probably not the worst idea.

Also Senzel went through a slump early last week, but he seems to have pulled out of it, for what that is worth....

Then there is The Future (Part 2).

Hunter Greene was supposed to make his second Dayton Dragons start over the weekend, but Mother Nature had other plans.

All three games scheduled against the Great Lakes Loons in Midland, Mich., were postponed by wet winter weather (even though the calendar shows this is April).

Two Ohio State defensive players -- Jerome Baker and Jalyn Holmes -- are probably the most talented players on that list, but the two most intriguing to me might be quarterbacks J.T. Barrett and Malik Zaire.

They could not have had more different college careers, but they both look like potential developmental options for a team that like the Bengals has an established starter.